Example sentences of "not [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A biography of an artist is a tricky proposition for a writer , since the artist may prefer to be judged through art , not life ; the incidentals of an everyday activity , not altogether under the artist 's control , are rather unimportant compared to the artist 's concentrated effort to create paintings or sculpture .
2 It was not altogether beyond the bounds of possibility that one day , somewhere , they could meet again .
3 There is some truth in this , but not altogether in the sense that was there intended .
4 A study of the news media is not properly within the scope of this assignment , but the topic of channels is necessary to a consideration of communication and a cursory look at the nature and availability of various media seemed in order .
5 I greatly fear that there is something not right about the man . ’
6 There 's something not right about the way he goes on with her .
7 Some people , brought up in the expectation of forging a career and getting near the top if not right to the top in their profession , may be deeply committed to their work .
8 Local searches — a new motorway is a boon if sited a couple of miles away , but not right at the end of the road .
9 Not all over the top , there 's all the glasses .
10 turf her out on the bed she might sleep with me and you sleep on the settee or would be a bit better than two beds than the settee , an extra bed space for her mum 's house too much for over Christmas , that 's not fair she 's not all over the place .
11 But the magazine is not entirely about the cube .
12 Mum 's anger and frustration was based , not entirely on the fact of the girl being a Gentile , but on the great expectations she had anticipated for the boy .
13 While they may not alter the actual risks that something will happen , they at least inspire the feeling that such events are not entirely outside the hunter 's control .
14 I suspect it is not entirely for the good .
15 Finally , with regard to cl 10 , it should be noted that no obligation to permit alteration of the goods to make them non-infringing is imposed on the buyer , and that the obligation to return infringing goods , subject to a refund of the price , is only imposed on the buyer where it arises not at the option of the seller but because of a judgment or settlement relating to the claim of infringement ( which is presumably not entirely within the seller 's control ) .
16 We therefore felt it appropriate , in our discussions with the lenders , to negotiate a contribution from lenders , so that the increased costs would be met at least in part by them and not entirely by the Government .
17 Within two days of leaving the warm winter of Hong Kong , I was standing shivering in the endless summer gales of the roaring forties on the shores of the Magellan Strait — if not obviously at the edge of any tectonic , plates , then certainly at the very edge of the world .
18 A substantial amount of prospecting may have been undertaken in some of the areas , but not necessarily for the deposit styles mentioned above .
19 Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated .
20 Actually utilise our space not necessarily for the public which obviously is difficult to get to the disabled people etc but using it for something like that .
21 - , and to applications ( such as PipeDream ) , but not necessarily to the filing system .
22 However , if there is no free charge in the space between the conductors , and strictly for two-dimensional problems , there is a method to which the adjective " general " might be attached , a method that provides plenty of answers but not necessarily to the questions asked .
23 In short , if you crept up behind a chameleon and shouted ‘ boo ’ it would respond by changing colour but not necessarily to the colour of its surroundings .
24 However , Davis and Latter ( 1989 ) concluded that such developments are not necessarily to the benefit of any other centre , and orderly removal of excess capacity should be seen as a normal component of London 's evolution .
25 This is an advantage to the consumer , but not necessarily to the manufacturer , who may well have made both !
26 He was more involved with the businesses and the actual mergers than Mr Milken ever was , but not necessarily to the good .
27 Prefabricated units are not necessarily of the shape or length desired and , when something special is needed , the waterfall can be made with concrete , although some suppliers suggest that a presentable feature can be constructed using a pool liner .
28 Before long West Germany 's Bundestag may confront the same problem : the federal elections late next year could give the Republicans enough votes to achieve representation — and not necessarily at the expense of Hans-Dietrich Genscher 's Free Democrats .
29 Teach your child to see the other person 's point of view ( not necessarily at the expense of his or her own ) .
30 But Norman Lamont , the Chancellor , will insist this is normal procedure and any cuts are not necessarily on the scale of those mentioned in the guidelines .
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